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How is NAED helping to make its member companies more profitable? Take a look at this list of projects that we are currently working on:
Creating standardized vendor report cards to help improve vendor performance
Creating a task force to…

Arlington, TX, October 24, 2005: Recognizing that lowering the cost of doing business and improving profitability in a market place where margins are constantly being pressured, Allen Ray & Associates, a leading management and process consultancy serving distributors and manufacturers, has developed…

Everyday thousands of transactions are occurring between distributors and manufacturers, requiring synchronization and tracking of product, pricing, invoicing, and order processing data. In order to reach maximum effectiveness, all of this "data" must be internally synchronized and matched…

New York, NY, August 15, 2005 - The American National Standards Institute announced today the recipients of its 2005 Leadership and Service Awards. The individuals listed below have been recognized for their significant contributions to national and international standardization activities and ongoing commitment…

Supporters of IDEA hope a report documenting the significant cost savings achieved by four electrical distributors and three manufacturers will convince more companies to sign on. "A Valuable Idea," a white paper written for the Industry Data Exchange…

The launch of the IDW2 industry data warehouse (IDW) by April 1 will be one of the biggest milestones in the seven year history of the Industry Data Exchange Association (IDEA), Rosslyn, Va. As with any overhaul on this scale, it's…

Electrical distributors (such as Rexel) have long wanted to synchronize data directly with electrical manufacturers. In 1997, they began work on a project designed to overcome many data inconsistency issues. Previous solutions had failed, due to either a lack of completeness,…